Musicians perform on the street in Old Havana
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Before and after its revolution, Cuba s soul has been found in its music, says SOPHIA DEBOICK
Despite existing in a silo for decades, Cuban music has swept the world. The long-standing post-revolution embargo has seen artists struggle to get visas to play in the all-important US, and the thaw of relations begun by the Obama administration has been rolled back under Trump, but Cuban rhythms have proved irresistible and artists from the capital and cultural centre of the island in particular have received international recognition.
When Havana-born, Miami-raised Camila Cabello’s sultry global hit